ʻAbd al-Bāsiṭ (

ALA-LC romanization ALA-LC (American Library AssociationLibrary of Congress) is a set of standards for romanization, the representation of text in other writing systems using the Latin script. Applications The system is used to represent bibliographic information by ...

of ) is a male Muslim given name. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Bāsiṭ'', one of the

names of God in the Qur'an Names of God in Islam () are 99 names that each contain Attributes of God in Islam, which are implied by the respective names. These names usually denote his praise, gratitude, commendation, glorification, magnification, perfect attributes, ...

, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the Expander". It may refer to: *

Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad (1927 – 30 November 1988) was an Egyptians, Egyptian Qāriʾ, Quran reciter and Hafiz (Quran), Hafiz. He is part of a quadrumvirate, along with Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi, Siddiq Al-Minshawi, Mustafa Ismail, and Mah ...

(1927–1988), Egyptian Qari (reciter of the Qur-an) *

Abdelbaset al-Megrahi Abdelbaset Ali Mohamed al-Megrahi ( , ; 1 April 1952 – 20 May 2012) was a Libyan convicted of the Lockerbie bombing of Pan Am flight 103. He was head of security for Libyan Arab Airlines, director of the Centre for Strategic Studies in Trip ...

(1952–2012), Libyan convicted of the Lockerbie bombing * Abdulbaset Sieda (born 1956), Kurdish-Syrian academic and politician *Amr Abdel Basset Abdel Azeez Diab, known as

Amr Diab Amr Abdel Basset Abdel Azeez Diab (, ; born 11 October 1961) is an Egyptian singer, composer and actor. He has established himself as a globally acclaimed recording artist and author. He is a Guinness World Record holder, the best selling Middle ...

(born 1961), Egyptian singer *Abdul Basit Mahmoud Abdul Karim, possible original name of

Ramzi Yousef Ramzi Ahmed Yousef (; born 27 April 1968) is a Pakistani convicted terrorist who was one of the main perpetrators and the mastermind behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the bombing of Philippine Airlines Flight 434; he was also a co- ...

(born 1967), Pakistani convicted for terrorism * Abdul Basith (volleyball) (died 1991), Indian volleyball player *

Abdul Basit Abdul (also transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; , ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word '' Abd'' (, meaning "Servant") and the definite prefix '' al / el'' (, meaning "the"). It ...

, Ghanaian footballer *

, Pakistani diplomat * Abdel Basset Turki, Iraqi politician * Hafiz Abdul Basit, Pakistani held in extrajudicial detention * Abdul Basit (cricketer) (born 2003), Afghan cricketer * Abdul Baset al-Sarout (1992–2019), Syrian footballer turned rebel commander

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